Okay, I give up. After months of neither reading Shakespeare nor writing about reading Shakespeare (which would have been a lie anyway), I concede. I am not going to read all of Shakespeare's works by the end of the year. But that isn't to say I've given up entirely. I did say I started the project because I wanted to read them by the time I was FORTY, which is still more than two years away.
So I'm making my 2014 New Year's Resolution early. NEXT YEAR is the year I read the Complete Works of Shakespeare. And look at the head start I'll have! So come back in two months (OH. MY. GOD. IS 2014 ONLY TWO MONTHS AWAY?) and I'll pick up where I left off...or something like that.
Thanks to everyone who wished me well in my quest. I'm sorry I fizzled out so completely in the middle of it. But I think we all knew that was a distinct possibility. On the plus side, I'm nearly halfway through next year's quest already. VICTORY!